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blakjak
August 11th, 2008, 10:19 AM
So, I've been using ubuntu since 6.04 and frankly, I'm loving it. So much so that I have installed it on every system in my house (6 including my laptop), and convinced 2 friends and 1 family member use it on 1 or more systems :).

But here's the rub... Every time a new version comes out I download the 32bit and 64bit iso (as I have 2x64bit systems) and burn a CD, but within weeks there are always several hundred MB of downloads from updates. E.g. within 2 weeks of 8.04 there were over 240mb of updates (6x240mb = 1.4gb).

SO... is there a way that I can set up my main computer as a local mirror for my network, so that I can save on external traffic and avoid downloading the exact same data more than once from the regional mirror?

Partyboi2
August 13th, 2008, 10:41 AM
You could look at using apt-cacher (http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-set-up-a-repository-cache-with-apt-cacher) or this (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Personal)

blakjak
August 17th, 2008, 01:01 AM
Thanks, that is EXACTLY what I was looking for :)